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Comparing and Ordering Decimals


Comparing decimals is almost exactly like comparing whole
numbers except it's with decimals. You just use the greater
than, less than, and equal to signs(>, <, =). First you look at
the tenths column. If the numbers are equal you move on to the
hundredths column and keep repeating until you run out of numbers,
but if they're different you do the problem right there. To order decimals
it's the same thing but with more than two numbers and instead of using <, >,
and = you just put them in order from least to greatest.
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Example

36.3 36.8>36.3
36.8

36.8, 36.3, 36.5
36.3, 36.5, 36.8

Links

Basicmathmatics.com
AAAmath.com
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